There are mornings that go smooth and days you walk out of your house feeling like a million bucks. Days when everything you need for that cute outfit are pressed and hanging, and the shoes and accessories in easy reach. Your kids eat their breakfast on time, and get dressed without a hassle. Traffic is good, and you find a space near the front of the school.
That definitely DID NOT happen today.
Instead, we were late, I had a meeting at the school at 8:15 (this is my punishment for being an involved parent :-) ), and despite that I was trying to decide whether I should just be more late and stop at Starbucks, or I should risk the meeting with no coffee. I actually went with the no coffee route, and was still 10 minutes late (in hindsight I should have gone for the coffee). I look like a deranged homeless workout mom....I did have my cute Hard Tail yoga pants on, but because I couldn't find a clean long sweatshirt to cover my not so hard butt, I had to layer several tees thereby achieving a "grunge" look that I don't think was working for me. (note: I was actually going to workout after the meeting....well that was my thought when I dressed anyway--my thoughts only materialize to action about half the time.)
I rolled into the very small meeting room with Gia in the stroller (I had visions of her sleeping through the meeting), and my hair was wild, she had a boogery nose, and there was no place to put the stroller except in front of the only exit which meant every time people came in or out it was a huge deal.
I forgot to turn off my cell phone, and it rang for what seemed like a hundred times before I could grab my purse. Gia decided to talk, squeal, and crawl all over during the ENTIRE meeting, and then promptly fell asleep afterwards.
After this morning I'm going to have to seriously pull myself together for the rest of the week....rest of the month actually or I might earn myself "that" reputation (you know...the crazy harried mom who is never on time and always looks a little like she was run over by a truck).
Here is a shout out to anyone else who had one of these mornings today. Note to self: shower tomorrow morning and force yourself to put out your clothes the night before. Signed, ME {lv}
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